@article {3141246,
	title = {Recommendations  for the classification of diseases  as CFTR-related disorders},
	journal = {Journal of Cystic Fibrosis},
	volume = {10},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {S86-102},
	abstract = {Several diseases have been clinically or genetically related to cystic fibrosis (CF), but a consensus definition is lacking. Here, we present a proposal for consensus guidelines on cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-related disorders (CFTR-RDs), reached after expert discussion and two dedicated workshops. A CFTR-RD may be defined as "a clinical entity associated with CFTR dysfunction that does not fulfil diagnostic criteria for CF". The utility of sweat testing, mutation analysis, nasal potential difference, and/or intestinal current measurement for the differential diagnosis of CF and CFTR-RD is discussed. Algorithms which use genetic and functional diagnostic tests to distinguish CF and CFTR-RDs are presented. According to present knowledge, congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens (CBAVD), acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis and disseminated bronchiectasis, all with CFTR dysfunction, are CFTR-RDs.},
	author = {Bombieri C. and Claustres M. and de Boeck K. and Derichs N. and Dodge J. and Girodon E. and Sermet I, et al}
}
